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From: crwhite@comp.brad.ac.uk (Cyrek)
Subject: Re: REQ: .sig changer for UNIX
Date: 1996/11/11
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Stefan Alexei Lasiewski (gangrel@rahul.net) wrote:
: Hi All!

: I'm looking for hints on how to make a .sig changer script for UNIX. I'm
: working in C and Korn shells, so a script working under either shell can
: work. Basicly, I'd like the script to change my script every time I log in
: (Or even better, randomly change every time I post an article/email a
: message). I haven't found any FAQ's on this...

: I know this sounds like a job for PERL, and I actually do have the
: 'sigrandom' PERL program, but I know very little of the language (But I'm
: learning), and cannot figure out how to get it to work on my system.

: So, does anyone have any hints suggestions on making a script. Here's the
: only version I can get to work... any hints or suggegstions would be
: appreciated.

: cp $HOME/.sig/sig8 $HOME/.signature
: cp $HOME/.sig/sig7 $HOME/.sig/sig8
: cp $HOME/.sig/sig6 $HOME/.sig/sig7
: cp $HOME/.sig/sig5 $HOME/.sig/sig6
: cp $HOME/.sig/sig4 $HOME/.sig/sig5
: cp $HOME/.sig/sig3 $HOME/.sig/sig4
: cp $HOME/.sig/sig2 $HOME/.sig/sig3
: cp $HOME/.sig/sig1 $HOME/.sig/sig2
: cp $HOME/.signature $HOME/.sig/sig1

: Rudementary, but it works. Basically... I have 8 files named sig1-sig8 in
: a directory named .sig. I want a different file to be copied as
: $HOME/.signature every time I log in.

Sounds to me like you've seen one of my posts somewhere about...

------- Begin included C-shell script ---------

#!/bin/csh

set dir = `pwd`
cd

if ( $#argv > 1 ) then
 echo "Usage: `basename $0` [number]"
 exit 1
endif

@ k = (10000)

set names = ( `ls .sigs` )
@ max = $#names

if ( $#argv == 0 ) goto done

set k = ($1)

loop:

 set q = `echo "$k[$#k]" | tr -d "[0-9]"`

 if ( "`expr '$q' : '.*'`" == "0" ) goto done

 ls .sigs | cat -n
 echo -n "Choose> "

 set k = ( `echo $<` )
 
 if ( $k[1] == 'v' ) then

   @ k2 = $k[$#k]
   if ( $k2 > $max ) then
    @ k2 = $max
   endif

   cat .sigs/$names[$k2]
   set k = ( dummy dummy )

 endif

goto loop

done:

if ( $k <= $max ) then

 @ ran = $k

else

 @ ran = `ksh 'echo $RANDOM'`
 @ ran = ( $ran % $max + 1 )

endif

\rm .sig
cp ./.sigs/$names[$ran] .sig
cd $dir

----- End included C-shell script -----

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